LJHS Parent Club Weekly NewsThis is your weekly email from your Lakeridge Junior High PARENT CLUB (our version of a Parent-Teacher organization.) We’ll keep you up-to-date on our events and ways to get involved.IMPORTANT DATES (see details below)

March 30, 9:30am:Lakeridge Junior HS: Next General Parent Club Meeting

Get a full calendar hereTHANKS TO ALL WHO CAME TO LAST WEEK'S PARENT CLUB MEETING AND FACILITIES OPEN FORUMThe Parent Club agreed to spend the remaining funds earned from our auction (~$16K) on the following items: advanced projection and audio capabilities for the library, eight chrome books to be checked out from the library, and equipment for the science department (compression pumps, shop lights for solar cars, and stereo microscopes). These items should be in place for students to use after spring break. THANKS to your donations to make this possible! For draft minutes from the meeting, click here. Please plan to attend our next Parent Club meeting: March 30th at 9:30 amDON’T FORGET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOSDTHOUGHTEXCHANGE “STAR” STEPThe LOSD“ThoughtExchange” STAR step is open through March 6. Give stars to ideas and comments from fellow community members, regarding our schools and possible changes to our facilities. Parents and other community members were already sent email invitations. If you did not get an invitation, you can click here to give your input. Please take the time to share your opinions! (You can participate in this phase even if you didn’t share your opinions in the SHARE step).LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS LACROSSE FUNDRAISERWednesday, March 16th - Baja Fresh at 17805 SW 65th AveEat at Baja Fresh and mention Lakeridge High School Girls Lacrosse when ordering to support the team!

7TH GRADE OREGON ZOO FIELD TRIP--VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!Tuesday, March 8th - 8am - 2:15pm -- 7th gradersAll 7th grade students will be visiting the Oregon Zoo on a science-based field trip to observe and analyze animal adaptations. They also complete activities that involve skills from their math and language arts classes. In order to make this exciting off-site learning experience possible, we need parent volunteers to help chaperon groups! The zoo requires that there be at least one adult per eight students on the trip, so if you are able and willing to join us for a day of learning and fun, sign up to help with this field trip. *Please note: volunteers will ride the buses with us to the zoo* Please email your child's 7th grade science teacher if you have any questions regarding this exciting volunteer opportunity: Brittany Larson (larsonb@loswego.k12.or.us), Matt Briggs (briggsm@loswego.k12.or.us), Trevor Tesar (tesart@loswego.k12.or.us) Thanks in advance for helping make this happen!AUCTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThere is one more auction coming up that needs our parent volunteers (just as they volunteer for our auction). So grab a friend and help where you can: River Grove Elementary Auction - March 12 - Marylhurst Universitiy. Sign up here.VOLUNTEER NEEDS - PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!

Crossing Guard at Bryant & Jean Intersection - We are still looking for parents to help children crossing at the intersection of Bryant and Jean roads. The visibility is extremely poor and many parents have called the school with concern. Can you help, either before or after school gets out? Thank you Cheryl Travers for your amazing help so far! Contact Kari Curry or Tamara DiVergilio with questions.

Lunch Monitor:Be a part of your child's day by spending half an hour at school for lunchtime activity and outside supervision. It is super easy and doesn’t take much time. Three people needed every full school day. Schedule your preferred days and times.Sign up here.​

​BRING IN YOUR BOX TOPSEach one is worth 10 cents! Find participating BoxTops on hundreds of products. Please drop off BoxTops in the bright blue box hanging on the wall outside the LJHS office. Some are expiring soon so don't delay. If you have any questions, please contact the BoxTops Coordinator, Anne Lambson at amcwol@yahoo.com. Thank you for supporting our school!

LJHS Parent Club Weekly NewsThis is your weekly email from your Lakeridge Junior High PARENT CLUB (our version of a Parent-Teacher organization.) We’ll keep you up-to-date on our events and ways to get involved.

IMPORTANT DATES (see details below)

CLOSING TONIGHT AT 11PM: LOSD“thoughtexchange” for public input on school facilities issues/visions

TODAY IS LAST DAY FOR THOUGHT EXCHANGE “SHARE” STEPThe LOSD“thoughtexchange” is open for public input on facilities options until tonight 2/21 at 11pm. Parents and other community members were already sent email invitations. If you did not get an invitation, you can click here to give your input. Please take the time to share your opinions!

THIS TUESDAY: ALL INVITED TO LJHS SCIENCE NIGHTTuesday, February 23rd, 6-8pm -- Lakeridge Junior High SchoolThe LJHS Science Department is excited to announce that on Tuesday, February 23rd, we will be holding our first annual SCIENCE NIGHT! In the past, this event was primarily an 8th grade Science Fair project exhibition, but this year it has been dramatically expanded.Come join us for a night of learning and fun that includes:

Raffle ticket sales with great prizes (OMSI tickets and more!) - money raised will support the Science Department. ​ BE SURE TO BRING CASH FOR RAFFLE TICKETS!

School Store will be open for Lightning gear, cuddle blankets and more

THIS WEDNESDAY: PARENT CLUB MEETING + LONG RANGE FACILITIES DISCUSSIONFebruary 24, 7:30-9pm at Lakeridge Junior High School LibraryPlease join us for two events in one: our Parent Club Meeting (where we’ll vote on how to spend some of the money earned so far) and a Long Range Facilities Planning Committee open forum (on the facilities research, potential changes and next steps.) A Committee members and a representative of the School Board will be there to answer your questions.Parents are encouraged to attend.

THIS WEEK ONLY: SOCCER GEAR DRIVEFebruary 22-26th --Look for the donation bin outside of the office and secure cash box on the counter in the office.LJHS sixth grader Mayah Greenfield is organizing a drive to collect new or gently used soccer gear (cleats, shin guards, clothes, balls and anything else used for soccer) to be shared with kids in Portland who can’t afford to play for a team, much less pay for all of the gear. She will also be collecting small amounts of money to be used to buy extremely durable balls for kids in Africa to enjoy. Each one of these balls gets used by about 50 kids every day. The balls cost about $25 dollars each, so if everyone in the school donated just a single dollar, it could buy so many soccer balls, which would make tons of kids happy! Thanks for your support and thank you Mayah for organizing this drive!

AUCTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:There is one more auction coming up that needs our parent volunteers (just as they volunteer for our auction). So grab a friend and help where you can: River Grove Auction - March 12, Marylhurst University. Sign up here.

7TH GRADE OREGON ZOO FIELD TRIP -- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!Tuesday, March 8th - 8am - 2:15pm -- 7th gradersAll 7th grade students will be visiting the Oregon Zoo on a science-based field trip to observe and analyze animal adaptations. They also complete activities that involve skills from their math and language arts classes. In order to make this exciting off-site learning experience possible, we need parent volunteers to help chaperon groups! The zoo requires that there be at least one adult per eight students on the trip,so if you are able and willing to join us for a day of learning and fun, sign up here. *Please note: volunteers will ride the buses with us to the zoo* Please email your child's 7th grade science teacher if you have any questions regarding this exciting volunteer opportunity: Brittany Larson (larsonb@loswego.k12.or.us), Matt Briggs (briggsm@loswego.k12.or.us), Trevor Tesar(tesart@loswego.k12.or.us) Thanks in advance for helping make this happen!

VOLUNTEER NEEDS - PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!

Crossing Guard at Bryant & Jean Intersection - We are still looking for parents to help children crossing at the intersection of Bryant and Jean roads. The visibility is extremely poor and many parents have called the school with concern. Can you help, either before or after school gets out? Contact Kari Curry or Tamara DiVergilio with questions. Thank you Cheryl Travers for your amazing help so far!

Lunch Monitor: Be a part of your child's day by spending half an hour at school for lunchtime activity and outside supervision. It is super easy and doesn’t take much time. Three people needed every full school day. Schedule your preferred days and times.Sign up here.

BRING IN YOUR BOX TOPSEach one is worth 10 cents! Find participating BoxTops on hundreds of products. Please drop off BoxTops in the bright blue box hanging on the wall outside the LJHS office. Some are expiring soon so don't delay. If you have any questions, please contact the BoxTops Coordinator, Anne Lambson at amcwol@yahoo.com. Thank you for supporting our school!

LJHS Parent Club Weekly NewsThis is your weekly email from your Lakeridge Junior High PARENT CLUB (our version of a Parent-Teacher organization.) We’ll keep you up-to-date on our events and ways to get involved.IMPORTANT DATES (see details below)

Now until 2/21 11pm: LOSD“thoughtexchange” open for public input on school facilities issues/visions

Get a full calendar hereTICKETS AVAILABLE NOW:LOSD FOUNDATION LUNCHEON - THIS WEDNESDAY!February 17th at the Oregon Golf Club, 12-1pm25700 SW Petes Mountain Rd, West Linn, OR 97068The keynote speaker is Rob Franek, Senior Vice President-Publisher at The Princeton Review. Rob is lead author or co-author of: The Best 397 Colleges, Colleges That Pay Your Back: The 200 Best Value Colleges and What It Takes to Get In, and The U Fits: Expert Advice on Finding the Right College and Getting Accepted. He has appeared over a dozen times on NBC "Today," as well as on ABC "Good Morning America," CBS "This Morning," and on several FOX, CNN, and NPR programs. Tickets are $40 each.To purchase tickets, visit Foundation site, call Kim Wagner at 503-534-2118 or Jennifer Zagacki at 503-534-2106​.Seating is limited, so don’t delay!LOSD LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING - YOUR INPUT IS WANTED!

NOW until Feb. 21 at 11pm:LOSD “thoughtexchange” is open for public input on facilities options. Parents and other community members were sent email invitations last week. If you did not get an invitation, you can click here to give your input.It could take as little as 5-10 minutes to participate.

February 24, 7:30-9pm: Lakeridge Junior High Parent Club Meeting and Long Range Facilities Planning Committee open forum on the facilities research, potential changes and next steps. A few Long Range Facilities Planning Committee members and a representative of the School Board will be there to answer your questions. Parents are encouraged to attend.

AUCTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:There are two auctions coming up that need our parent volunteers (just as they volunteer for our auction). Each school needs 4-6 volunteers, so grab a friend or two and help where you can:

ALL INVITED TO LJHS SCIENCE NIGHTTuesday, February 23rd, 6-8pm -- Lakeridge Junior High SchoolThe LJHS Science Department is excited to announce that on Tuesday, February 23rd, we will be holding our first annual SCIENCE NIGHT! In the past, this event was primarily an 8th grade Science Fair project exhibition, but this year it has been dramatically expanded. Come join us for a night of learning and fun that includes:

7TH GRADE OREGON ZOO FIELD TRIP -- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!Tuesday, March 8th - 8am - 2:15pm -- 7th gradersAll 7th grade students will be visiting the Oregon Zoo on a science-based field trip to observe and analyze animal adaptations. They also complete activities that involve skills from their math and language arts classes. In order to make this exciting off-site learning experience possible, we need parent volunteers to help chaperon groups! The zoo requires that there be at least one adult per eight students on the trip,so if you are able and willing to join us for a day of learning and fun, sign up here. *Please note: volunteers will ride the buses with us to the zoo* Please email your child's 7th grade science teacher if you have any questions regarding this exciting volunteer opportunity: Brittany Larson (larsonb@loswego.k12.or.us), Matt Briggs (briggsm@loswego.k12.or.us), Trevor Tesar (tesart@loswego.k12.or.us) Thanks in advance for helping make this happen!HELPING A LAKERIDGE JUNIOR HIGH FAMILYOne of our 7th grade students, Erin Keppel, and her two younger siblings lost their father over the winter break. A meal train was started by River Grove Elementary in January and we are extending this to the LJHS community to offer additional support to the family through the month of February. The link to the TakeThemAMeal website is here. Their mother, Airene, is so grateful for the help and support during this unimaginably challenging time. Please deliver your meal between 5pm - 6pm. There will be a cooler on the front porch -- please just place your meal in the cooler. There are no dietary restrictions, however, Airene has noted that the kids are not fond of a lot of vegetables (who is?!), so please consider doing a separate/side dish for your vegetables (or sneakily hide them so they don't know they are eating them). Some of the kids' favorite meals are Chinese (Panda Express), Pizza, and Burgers (Fuddruckers). Thank you so much! If you have any questions please call Callie Charon at 503-534-2343.VOLUNTEER NEEDS - PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!

Crossing Guard at Bryant & Jean Intersection - We are still looking for parents to help children crossing at the intersection of Bryant and Jean roads. The visibility is extremely poor and many parents have called the school with concern. Can you help, either before or after school gets out? Contact Kari Curry or Tamara DiVergilio with questions.

Lunch Monitor:Be a part of your child's day by spending half an hour at school for lunchtime activity and outside supervision. It is super easy and doesn’t take much time. Three people needed every full school day. Schedule your preferred days and times.Sign up here.

BRING IN YOUR BOX TOPSEach one is worth 10 cents! Find participating BoxTops on hundreds of products. Please drop off BoxTops in the bright blue box hanging on the wall outside the LJHS office. Some are expiring soon so don't delay. If you have any questions, please contact the BoxTops Coordinator, Anne Lambson at amcwol@yahoo.com. Thank you for supporting our school!​STAY INFORMED!

LJHS Parent Club Weekly NewsThis is your weekly email from your Lakeridge Junior High PARENT CLUB (our version of a Parent-Teacher organization.) We’ll keep you up-to-date on our events and ways to get involved.IMPORTANT DATES (see details below)

THIS WEDNESDAY - February 10th:LOSD online “thoughtexchange” open for public input on school facilities issues/visions

Get a full calendar hereUPDATE ONLOSD LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNINGThe Long Range Facilities Planning Committee presented theLong Range Facilities Plan(LRFP) to the School Board during a work session on Monday, January 25. Following the committee’s presentation, board members and committee members engaged in discussions of the LRFP recommendations. A video recording of this meeting may be viewedhere. Next Step: The School Board will consider adoption of the LRFP at its next meeting on Monday, February 8.Upcoming meetings and dates:

February 10: LOSD“thoughtexchange” open for public input on facilities options.Parents and other community members will be invited to give their input online. Community members who do not receive an emailed invitation will be able to self-register at losd.thoughtexchange.com/invitation. (This page will not be active until February 10.) It could take as little as 5-10 minutes to participate.

February 24, 7:30-9pm: Lakeridge Junior High Parent Club Meeting and Long Range Facilities Planning Committee open forum on the facilities research, potential changes and next steps. A few Long Range Facilities Planning Committee members and a representative of the School Board will be there to answer your questions. Parents are encouraged to attend.

ALL INVITED TO LJHS SCIENCE NIGHTTuesday, February 23rd, 6-8pm -- Lakeridge Junior High SchoolThe LJHS Science Department is excited to announce that on Tuesday, February 23rd, we will be holding our first annual SCIENCE NIGHT! In the past, this event was primarily an 8th grade Science Fair project exhibition, but this year it has been dramatically expanded. Come join us for a night of learning and fun that includes:

7TH GRADE OREGON ZOO FIELD TRIP -- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!Tuesday, March 8th - 8am - 2:15pm -- 7th gradersAll 7th grade students will be visiting the Oregon Zoo on a science-based field trip to observe and analyze animal adaptations. They also complete activities that involve skills from their math and language arts classes. In order to make this exciting off-site learning experience possible, we need parent volunteers to help chaperon groups! The zoo requires that there be at least one adult per eight students on the trip,so if you are able and willing to join us for a day of learning and fun, sign up here. *Please note: volunteers will ride the buses with us to the zoo* Please email your child's 7th grade science teacher if you have any questions regarding this exciting volunteer opportunity: Brittany Larson (larsonb@loswego.k12.or.us), Matt Briggs (briggsm@loswego.k12.or.us), Trevor Tesar(tesart@loswego.k12.or.us) Thanks in advance for helping make this happen!FOR NEW FAMILIESThe LJHS Parent Club would like to invite you to add your family data to our convenient, online school directory. Click hereto get started. You will also have the option to join Parent Club and receive access to the online directory as part of your membership. Thank you for supporting Parent Club! Questions? Contact lakeridgejuniorhighparentclub@gmail.com.HELPING A LAKERIDGE JUNIOR HIGH FAMILYOne of our 7th grade students, Erin Keppel, and her two younger siblings lost their father over the winter break. A meal train was started by River Grove Elementary in January and we are extending this to the LJHS community to offer additional support to the family through the month of February. The link to the TakeThemAMeal website is here. Their mother, Airene, is so grateful for the help and support during this unimaginably challenging time. Please deliver your meal between 5pm - 6pm. There will be a cooler on the front porch -- please just place your meal in the cooler. There are no dietary restrictions, however, Airene has noted that the kids are not fond of a lot of vegetables (who is?!), so please consider doing a separate/side dish for your vegetables (or sneakily hide them so they don't know they are eating them). Some of the kids' favorite meals are Chinese (Panda Express), Pizza, and Burgers (Fuddruckers). Thank you so much! If you have any questions please call Callie Charon at 503-534-2343.VOLUNTEER NEEDS - PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!

Auction Help for Other Schools: The Forest Hills auction is coming up and needs some parent volunteers (just as they volunteer for our auction). They need 4-6 volunteers, so grab a friend or two and help where you can: February 20, Hilton Downtown Portland - contact Sara Patinkin at sarapatinkin@gmail.com

Crossing Guard at Bryant & Jean Intersection - We are still looking for parents to help children crossing at the intersection of Bryant and Jean roads. The visibility is extremely poor and many parents have called the school with concern. Can you help, either before or after school gets out? Contact Kari Curry or Tamara DiVergilio with questions.

Lunch Monitor:Be a part of your child's day by spending half an hour at school for lunchtime activity and outside supervision. It is super easy and doesn’t take much time. Three people needed every full school day. Schedule your preferred days and times.Sign up here.

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW:LOSD FOUNDATION LUNCHEONFebruary 17th at the Oregon Golf Club, 12-1pm25700 SW Petes Mountain Rd, West Linn, OR 97068The keynote speaker is Rob Franek, Senior Vice President-Publisher at The Princeton Review. Rob is lead author or co-author of: The Best 397 Colleges, Colleges That Pay Your Back: The 200 Best Value Colleges and What It Takes to Get In, and The U Fits: Expert Advice on Finding the Right College and Getting Accepted. He has appeared over a dozen times on NBC "Today," as well as on ABC "Good Morning America," CBS "This Morning," and on several FOX, CNN, and NPR programs. Tickets are $40 each.To purchase tickets, visit Foundation site, call Kim Wagner at 503-534-2118 or Jennifer Zagacki at 503-534-2106​.Seating is limited, so don’t delay!BRING IN YOUR BOX TOPSEach one is worth 10 cents! Find participating BoxTops on hundreds of products. Please drop off BoxTops in the bright blue box hanging on the wall outside the LJHS office. Some are expiring soon so don't delay. If you have any questions, please contact the BoxTops Coordinator, Anne Lambson at amcwol@yahoo.com. Thank you for supporting our school!STAY INFORMED!